Grossfeld Steps Down from MontCo Worker Safety and Health Commission
Monday, February 4, 2013
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Longtime health and safety activist Jim Grossfeld is stepping down as chair of
the Montgomery Co. Worker Safety and Health Commission. "It's been seven years
since the labor/community coalition for safer jobs - the Worker Health and
Safety Initiative -- was first organized," Grossfeld (at right in blue
shirt) says. "One of the top items on our agenda then was the creation of
the commission. When it was formed it was the only one of its kind in the US,
and, sadly, it still is." As the Commission's first member and founding Chair,
"I've been thrilled to have the opportunity to work with trade unionists, public
health practitioners and community activists throughout the Washington area and
beyond," says Grossfeld, a CWA member. "With the labor movement’s continued
support for the commission's work -- particularly its focus on the dangers
facing immigrant workers -- there's no question that Montgomery Co. won't only
be a good place to live, but a safer place to work." Photo: Grossfeld (far
right) at the September 2012 Commission hearing on the workplace crisis facing
the county’s growing immigrant workforce. Photo courtesy of Montgomery County.